lithium
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Fires at waste facilities tripled – Battery fires cause billions in damages to the waste management industry annually
Missorted batteries cause an average of 30 fires per day in waste management in Europe. The industry's umbrella organization FEAD is calling on the EU to take action to reduce fire risks and reduce costs […]
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Electric and smart cars are changing car dismantling and recycling – Researcher: Circular economy reduces material availability risks
(For subscribers.) Electrifying and increasingly intelligent transport requires critical raw materials. The autumn seminar on producer responsibility highlighted that the availability of materials could be improved through the circular economy […]
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Material-specific recycling targets for critical raw materials – European Court of Auditors warns EU will run out of strategic materials without new circular economy measures
(For subscribers.) The European Court of Auditors warns that the European Union is struggling to secure the strategic raw materials it needs by the end of the decade […]
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Recovering valuable metals from electric car batteries: Finland's car recycling system changed to keep raw materials in circulation
The valuable materials contained in electric vehicle batteries can in the future be recycled more efficiently as raw materials for industry. The car recycling process operating in Finland has been changed from January 2026 […]
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From scrap to urban mining – According to expert estimates, the recycling rate of critical raw materials in the EU is only around 12 percent
(For subscribers.) If electrical waste were recycled better than it is now, European industry could extract over a million tons of critical raw materials from scrap streams. Copper. Aluminum. Iron. […]
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Where will Europe get its lithium in the future? Current documentarian at the Circular Materials Conference
Europe faces a major challenge. Industry should find sustainable and self-sufficient sources of raw materials to fuel the growing needs of electrification, the green transition and the defense industry. In October […]
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Foundation work for Kotka battery materials factory completed
Anfra Oy has completed the extensive foundation work for the battery materials factory to be built in Kotka. The foundation work covered a factory area of approximately 2,7 hectares. The main contractor for the project is […]
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Acceleration in lithium-ion battery recycling: Kiilto Ventures invests in startup in recycling technology
Estonian company Jälle Technologies is solving the challenges of recycling end-of-life lithium-ion batteries by recovering critical metals and refining graphite into a graphene-like material. […]
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